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ploughing, making their wages up to 3s. 2d. per day ; Id. an acre when cul- 

 tivating; 4id. an acre when subsoiling. Coal, "Staveley Hard," 20s. per ton, 

 home ; consumption, 12 cwts. per day. 



The present horse power amounts to 8, this being just 2 

 horses to 100 acres. Three of these are to be dispensed Avith ; 

 but as the requirements of harvest, when they are felt, will neces- 

 sitate G to make two sets, one must be bought just before it is 

 wanted. The engine-driver is a competent mechanic from 

 Messrs. Fowler's Works, who can shoe horses, for which object 

 a smith's shop has been built. 



It is scarcely necessary to state that the course here pursued 

 is exceptional, and must soon come to an end. Manure will 

 soon be needed. When this time comes, Mr. Prout is prepared 

 to maintain a flock of sheep, to grow plenty of roots for them, 

 and to feed the roots off upon the land, heavy as it is. 



No. 11. Mr. Thurlow, Baynard's Park, Horsham, Sussex. 

 This gentleman has recently purchased this beautifully Avooded 

 estate, consisting of 2000 acres. A small portion of it has 

 been let in small farms of ] 50 and 200 acres ; the, remainder, 

 1400 acres, are in the owner's own hands. Of this portion 

 900 acres are arable. The land had been much mismanaged, 

 and was in an exceedingly poor and foul state. For picturesque 

 beauty, nothing could be better than spreading tree, sprawling 

 tangled hedgerow, and deeply-rutted lanes ; but for developing 

 the wealth of the nation, this neighbourhood is sadly in arrear. 

 A little light has been let into it lately by the construction of a 

 railway which cuts through, and has a station on the estate, and 

 looks astonishingly at variance with the water-logged soil, the 

 rushes, and other evidences of England a hundred years ago; 

 The sunlight is dealt out to the land through masses of Avood. 

 It is intended that the fields, Avhich were of 3, 4, and 5 acres, 

 should average 30 acres. 



In prosecuting this Avork, about 600 acres haA'e been reclaimed 

 and rendered productive. The larger portion of the farm is 

 heavy land ; and though a portion of it is on the green sandstone 

 formation, 450 acres are so stiff as to require the work of four 

 horses to turn half an acre a day 6 inches deep. Part only of 

 the requisite drainage is done, varying in depth from 4 to 7 feet 

 deep, and from 1 to 2 rods apart. The benefit of deeply breaking 

 up drained land cannot be disputed. The 4-course system of 

 husbandry is followed ; dead falloAvs are abandoned. Steam has 

 substituted for dead falloAV, barley, seeds, wheat ; roots, barley 

 or oats ; seeds, beans, or peas ; and Avheat. Drainage and deep 

 culture have rendered much of the land capable of carrying 

 sheep. A flock of Southdown CAves, selected from Rigdens and 

 other good breeders, is being formed. Nothing but the boldest 

 of measures will effect the cure here needed. Half-measures and 



